Aloha Winter Solstice Friday!
The winter solstice, also called the hibernal
solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its
maximum tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice yearly,
once in each hemisphere. In
reality, the Oak King has defeated the Holly King, bringing
light, renewal and growth.
Washington
lags behind in water-pollution oversight
The GAO report found that the Washington State Department of
Ecology, the agency responsible for submitting the lists, has
been missing deadlines for a decade.
Trans
Mountain warns regulator of potential ‘catastrophic’
two-year pipeline delay
The company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is
warning the project’s completion could be delayed by two years
if the Canada Energy Regulator does not allow a previously
rejected request for a pipeline variance. Regulator
denied Trans Mountain variance request due to pipeline
safety concerns
The Canada Energy Regulator is citing safety concerns with
the quality of materials Trans Mountain has procured to
construct the variance, adding it doesn't believe the company
has demonstrated it can guarantee an appropriate level of safety
and pipeline integrity if it goes ahead with the change.
WA’s
new wildfire smoke exposure rules for workers start Jan. 15
The Washington Department of Labor & Industries announced it
will enforce new permanent wildfire smoke protections for
outdoor workers starting Jan. 15, after two years of operating
under emergency measures.
Debate
intensifies over conservation of PNW’s old-growth forests
The fight over the future of the last old and mature forests in
America intensified Tuesday when the Biden administration called
for preservation of old-growth trees. The administration, after
creating an inventory of the nation’s old growth, wants to amend
128 forest land-management plans to conserve and steward 25
million acres of old-growth forests and 68 million acres of
mature forest across the national forest system.
Canada lays out plan to phase out
sales of gas-powered cars, trucks by 2035
New regulations being published this week by Environment
Minister Steven Guilbeault will effectively end sales of new
passenger vehicles powered only by gasoline or diesel in 2035.
Analysis
of Northwest, other salmon hatcheries finds nearly all hurt
wild salmon populations
More than 200 studies across 40 years revealed large-scale
salmon hatchery programs weaken wild salmon diversity and lead
to wild population declines.
State
finalizes new protections for Cascade River
The state Department of Ecology announced Monday that it will
officially add protections to three rivers and one lake,
classifying them as Outstanding Resource Waters. The four bodies
of water include the upper watershed of the Cascade River in
Skagit County, as well as the upper watershed of the Green River
in Skamania County, the Napeequa River in Chelan County and Soap
Lake in Grant County.
Toxic
chemicals found in oil spills and wildfire smoke detected in
killer whales
Toxic chemicals produced from oil emissions and wildfire smoke
have been found in muscle and liver samples from Southern
Resident killer whales and Bigg's killer whales. A study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-45306-w
published today in Scientific Reports is the first to find
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in orcas off the coast
of British Columbia, as well as in utero transfer of the
chemicals from mother to fetus.
In
a major shift, Northwest tribes — not US officials — will
control salmon recovery funds
The deal not only offers $1 billion in new funding for Columbia
River salmon restoration, but for the first time it also grants
states and tribes control — not the Bonneville Power
Administration, which sells hydropower from Northwest dams —
over how that money gets spent.
Two PNW tribal nations sue oil companies over costs of climate change
Major oil companies for decades deliberately sought to downplay and
discredit scientific warnings about the central role of fossil fuels in
causing climate change, alleges two lawsuits filed this week by the
Makah and Shoalwater Bay tribes.
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